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1991 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	1991 in athletics
Major world competitions	World Championships
World Indoor Championships
Previous	1990
Next	1992

World Indoor Championships |No. of world records =

This article contains an overview of the year 1991 in athletics.

International Events

All-Africa Games
Asian Championships
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Mediterranean Games
Pan American Games
South American Championships
World Championships
World Cross Country Championships
World Indoor Championships
World Student Games

World records

Men

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
100 metres	Leroy Burrell	9.90	14 June	New York City, USA
Carl Lewis	9.86	25 August	Tokyo, Japan
20,000 metres	Arturo Barrios	56:55.6	30 March	La Flèche, France
One hour run	Arturo Barrios	21,101m	30 March	La Flèche, France
4 × 100 m Relay	USA
• Michael Marsh
• Leroy Burrell
• Dennis Mitchell
• Carl Lewis	37.67	7 August	Zürich
USA
• Andre Cason
• Leroy Burrell
• Dennis Mitchell
• Carl Lewis	37.50	1 September	Tokyo
Pole vault	Sergey Bubka	6.07m	6 May	Shizuoka, Japan
Sergey Bubka	6.08m	9 June	Moscow
Sergey Bubka	6.09m	8 July	Formia, Italy
Sergey Bubka	6.10m	5 August	Malmö, Sweden
Long jump	Mike Powell	8.95m	30 August	Tokyo

The relay team of the United States in the men's 4 × 100 m, formed by Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard and Carl Lewis, equal the current world record, set the previous year by France at the European Championships, clocking 37.79 on 1991-08-03 at a meet in Monaco. The first mark was set by Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal and Bruno Marie-Rose on 1990-09-01 in Split, Yugoslavia.

Women

EVENT	ATHLETE	MARK	DATE	VENUE
Triple jump	Inessa Kravets	14.95 m	10 June	Moscow, Soviet Union
Half marathon	Elana Meyer	1:07:59	18 May	East London, South Africa

Men's Best Year Performers

[[100 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 100 metres

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Carl Lewis	9.86
2.	Leroy Burrell	9.88
3.	Linford Christie	9.92
4.	Frank Fredericks	9.95
5.	Raymond Stewart	9.96

[[200 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 200 metres

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Michael Johnson	19.88
2.	Frank Fredericks	20.08
3.	John Regis	20.12
4.	Danny Everett	20.13
5.	Robson da Silva	20.15

[[400 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 400 metres

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Michael Johnson	44.17
2.	Antonio Pettigrew	44.36
3.	Roberto Hernández	44.40
4.	Danny Everett	44.42
5.	Steve Lewis	44.52

[[800 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 800 metres

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	José Luíz Barbosa	1:43.08
2.	William Tanui	1:43.30
3.	Johnny Gray	1:43.84
4.	Mark Everett	1:43.93
5.	Billy Konchellah	1:43.96

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 1,500 metres

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli	3:31.00
2.	Simon Doyle	3:31.96
3.	Fermín Cacho	3:32.03
4.	Peter Elliott	3:32.94
5.	Saïd Aouita	3:33.28

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Noureddine Morceli	3:49.12
2.	Peter Elliott	3:49.46
3.	Wilfred Kirochi	3:49.77
4.	Jim Spivey	3:49.83
5.	Simon Doyle	3:49.91

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Dieter Baumann	7:33.91
2.	Yobes Ondieki	7:34.74
3.	Noureddine Morceli	7:37.34
4.	Brahim Boutayeb	7:38.39
5.	Khalid Skah	7:38.84

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 5,000 metres

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yobes Ondieki	13:01.82
2.	Ibrahim Kinuthia	13:09.76
3.	Salvatore Antibo	13:10.10
4.	Brahim Boutayeb	13:10.44
5.	Richard Chelimo	13:11.76

[[10,000 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 10,000 metres

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Richard Chelimo	27:11.18
2.	John Ngugi	27:11.62
3.	Khalid Skah	27:23.29
4.	Salvatore Antibo	27:24.55
5.	Thomas Osano	27:28.87

[[Half marathon]]

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Lawrence Peu	1:00:58

[[Marathon]]

:Main race this year: World Championships Marathon

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Koichi Morishita	2:08:53
2.	Takeyuki Nakayama	2:09:12
3.	Yakov Tolstikov	2:09:17
4.	Toru Mimura	2:09:23
5.	Salvador García	2:09:28

[[Hurdling|110m hurdles]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 110m hurdles

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Tony Dees	13.05
2.	Greg Foster	13.06
—	Jack Pierce	13.06
4.	Colin Jackson	13.09
5.	Tony Jarrett	13.13

[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 400m hurdles

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Samuel Matete	47.10
2.	Danny Harris	47.38
3.	Winthrop Graham	47.74
4.	Kevin Young	47.83
5.	Kriss Akabusi	47.86

[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m steeplechase]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 3,000m steeplechase

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Moses Kiptanui	8:06.46
2.	Philip Barkutwo	8:08.39
3.	Mark Croghan	8:10.69
4.	Julius Kariuki	8:11.28
5.	William Mutwol	8:11.85

[[High jump]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships High Jump

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Javier Sotomayor	2.40
Charles Austin
3.	Hollis Conway	2.37
4.	Dalton Grant	2.36
5.	Sorin Matei	2.35
Troy Kemp

[[Long jump]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Long Jump

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Mike Powell	8.95
2.	Carl Lewis	8.87
3.	Larry Myricks	8.50
Llewellyn Starks
5.	Gordon Laine	8.28

[[Triple jump]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Triple Jump

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Kenny Harrison	17.78
2.	Leonid Voloshin	17.75
3.	Ralf Jaros	17.66
4.	Mike Conley	17.62
5.	Oleg Denishchik	17.53

[[Discus throw|Discus]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Discus Throw

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Mike Buncic	69.36
2.	Erik de Bruin	68.12
3.	Adewale Olukoju	67.80
4.	Lars Riedel	67.78
5.	Romas Ubartas	67.54

[[Shot put]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Shot Put

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Werner Günthör	22.03
2.	Vyacheslav Lykho	20.77
3.	Lars-Arvid Nilsen	20.75
4.	Saulius Kleiza	20.67
5.	Sergey Smirnov	20.55

[[Hammer throw|Hammer]]

Main article: 1991 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Igor Astapkovich	84.26
2.	Andrey Abduvaliyev	82.80
3.	Yuriy Sedykh	82.62
4.	Plamen Minev	82.40
5.	Sergey Alay	81.16

[[Javelin throw|Javelin (new design)]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Javelin Throw

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Seppo Räty	96.96
2.	Steve Backley	91.36
3.	Raymond Hecht	90.84
4.	Kimmo Kinnunen	90.82
5.	Jan Železný	90.72

[[Pole vault]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Pole Vault

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Sergey Bubka	6.10
2.	István Bagyula	5.92
3.	Radion Gataullin	5.90
Igor Potapovich
5.	Bill Payne	5.90

[[Decathlon]]

Main article: 1991 Decathlon Year Ranking

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Dan O'Brien	8812
2.	Michael Smith	8549
3.	Christian Plaziat	8518
4.	Dave Johnson	8467
5.	Christian Schenk	8402

Women's Best Year Performers

[[60 metres]]

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Irina Privalova	7.02
2.	Merlene Ottey	7.04
3.	Katrin Krabbe	7.06
4.	Liliana Allen	7.12
5,	Gwen Torrence	7.13

[[100 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 100 metres

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Merlene Ottey	10.79
2.	Katrin Krabbe	10.91
3.	Carlette Guidry	10.94
4.	Gwen Torrence	10.96
Marie-José Pérec

[[200 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 200 metres

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Merlene Ottey	21.64
2.	Katrin Krabbe	21.96
3.	Gwen Torrence	22.07
4.	Irina Privalova	22.21
5.	Dannette Young	22.24

[[400 metres]]

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marie-José Pérec	49.13
2.	Grit Breuer	49.42
3.	Ana Fidelia Quirot	49.61
4.	Lillie Leatherwood	49.66
5.	Sandra Myers	49.67

[[800 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 800 metres

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Svetlana Masterkova	1:57.23
2.	Ana Fidelia Quirot	1:57.34
3.	Liliya Nurutdinova	1:57.50
4.	Ella Kovacs	1:57.58
5.	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	1:57.63

[[1500 metres|1,500 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 1,500 metres

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Natalya Artyomova	3:59.16
2.	Hassiba Boulmerka	4:00.00
3.	Doina Melinte	4:00.83
4.	Violeta Szekely	4:02.21
5.	Tatyana Dorovskikh	4:02.58

[[Mile run world record progression|Mile]]

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Natalya Artyomova	4:17.00
2.	Hassiba Boulmerka	4:20.79
3.	Doina Melinte	4:22.04
4.	Mary Slaney	4:23.35
5.	Zola Pieterse	4:23.38

[[3000 metres|3,000 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 3,000 metres

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Elana Meyer	8:32.00
2.	Zola Pieterse	8:35.72
3.	Tatyana Dorovskikh	8:35.82
4.	Yvonne Murray	8:36.05
5.	Yelena Romanova	8:36.06

[[5000 metres|5,000 metres]]

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Elana Meyer	14:49.35
2.	Kathrin Ullrich	14:58.71
3.	Yelena Romanova	14:59.70
4.	Susan Sirma	15:03.52
5.	Uta Pippig	15:04.87

[[10,000 metres]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 10,000 metres

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Liz McColgan	30:57.07
2.	Kathrin Ullrich	31:03.62
3.	Jill Hunter	31:07.88
4.	Ingrid Kristiansen	31:20.28
5.	Francie Larrieu-Smith	31:28.92

[[Half marathon]]

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Elana Meyer	1:07:59 WR

[[Marathon]]

:Main race this year: World Championships Marathon

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Wanda Panfil	2:24:18
2.	Rosa Mota	2:26:14
3.	Kim Jones	2:26:40
4.	Uta Pippig	2:26:52
5.	Joan Benoit	2:26:54

[[60 metres hurdles|60m hurdles]]

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ludmila Narozhilenko	7.82
Monique Éwanjé-Épée	7.82
3.	Mihaela Pogăcean	7.88
4.	Anne Piquereau	7.89
5.	Lidiya Yurkova	7.96

[[Hurdling|100m hurdles]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 100m hurdles

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ludmila Narozhilenko	12.28
2.	Nataliya Grygoryeva	12.39
3.	Gail Devers	12.48
4.	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	12.67
5.	Florence Colle	12.73

[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]

:Main race this year: World Championships 400m hurdles

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Tatyana Ledovskaya	53.11
2.	Sally Gunnell	53.16
3.	Janeene Vickers	53.47
4.	Sandra Farmer-Patrick	53.54
5.	Kim Batten	53.98

[[High jump|High Jump]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships High Jump

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Heike Henkel	2.05 m
2.	Stefka Kostadinova	2.03 m
3.	Inga Babakova	2.02 m
4.	Yelena Gulyayeva	1.99 m
5.	Svetlana Leseva	1.98 m
Yelena Yelesina

[[Long jump|Long Jump]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Long Jump

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Heike Drechsler	7.37 m
2.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7.32 m
3.	Larisa Berezhnaya	7.24 m
4.	Yelena Sinchukova	7.20 m
5.	Susen Tiedtke	7.00 m

[[Triple jump|Triple Jump]]

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Inessa Kravets	14.95 m
2.	Li Huirong	14.42 m
3.	Yelena Semiraz	14.35 m
4.	Svetlana Davydova	13.84 m
5.	Octavia Iacob	13.74 m

[[Shot put]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Shot Put

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Natalya Lisovskaya	21.12 m
2.	Huang Zhihong	20.85 m
3.	Zhou Tianhua	20.40 m
4.	Wang Wei	19.58 m
5.	Li Xiaoyun	19.47 m

[[Javelin throw|Javelin (old design)]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Javelin

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Trine Hattestad	71.44
2.	Karen Forkel	70.20
3.	Petra Meier	69.66
4.	Xu Demei	68.78
5.	Silke Renk	68.34

[[Heptathlon]]

:Main competition this year: World Championships Heptathlon

RANK	1991 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	6878
2.	Sabine Braun	6672
3.	Peggy Beer	6494
4.	Liliana Nastase	6493
5.	Irina Belova	6448

Births

January 15 — Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper
February 8 — Genzebe Dibaba, Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner
February 22 — Rebecca Cheptegei, Ugandan distance runner (d. 2024)
May 8 — Kalkidan Gezahegne, Ethiopian distance runner

Deaths

January 1 — Inga Gentzel (82), Swedish athlete (b. 1908)
August 10 — Ellen Braumüller (80), German athlete (b. 1910)

References

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